At least 11 people, including a trucker and his helper, suffered burn injuries in separate petrol bomb attacks in Noakhali, Feni and Netrakona last night.
In Feni’s Dagaonbhuyan, nine people, including a woman, were burned as hartal supporters hurled a petrol bomb at their Noakhali-bound bus at Chironia Bazar on the Feni-Noakhali highway around 9pm, said local ASP Saidul Haque.
Badly injured, a woman named Mohsena, 40, was taken to the local Sadar Hospital while the rest were taken to the Dagonbhuiyan Upazila Health Complex, doctor Ashim Saha told the Dhaka Tribune.
Of the injured, Monir Hossain, 35, Milon, 33, from Barura of Comilla, Belal Ahmed, 63, Belal Hosain 60, Abdus Sobhan, 50, from Companyganj in Noakhali, and Sabuj, 24, from Dagaonvuan were identified.
Medical officer Ashim also informed that a police member named Saidul Haq, 38, was admitted to the hospital; four splinters were recovered from his body. He was on-duty at the police outpost on the Shahidullah Kaisar road in Feni.
Meanwhile, a truck driver named Ashraful, 35, and his helper Sohagh, 30, sustained burn injuries after hartal supporters tossed a petrol bomb at their vehicle on the Durgapur-Netrakona highway at Birishiri Bridge in Durgagpur upazila of Netrakona around 9pm.
The injured were first taken to the Durgapur Health Complex but doctors referred them to the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital because their conditions were critical.
The attacks come a day after the government banned plying of long-route buses on highways after 9pm to avoid arson.
